Electricity simplified. The practice and theory of electricity .. (1891)
Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940 · New York, N. W. Henley & co. · leaf 68
constant rate. After going down the incline, thereby expendingits potential energy, the carriage has to be restored toits original position to repeat its course. This re-quires it to be raised up the vertical, which corre-sponds to the work of the battery in raising the fixedquantity of electricity… … Fig. A spiral line such as shown in the cut may betaken to indicate the fall of potential in a system; the 68 ELECTRICITY SIMPLIFIED. work of the battery will be represented by the verti-cal line. As the battery raises the potential, it isexpended in the descent of the current down thespiral grade.…
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